Cigar-wrapping machine.



No. 683,493. Patented Oct. I, I901.

- E. PISKO.

CIGAR WRAPPING- MACHINE.

(Application med Jan. 23, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

EMANUEL P-ISKO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-WRAPPING MACHINE.

' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 683,493, dated October 1, 1901.

Application filed January 23, 1901. Serial No. 44,459.. (No model.)

T0 (LZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMANUEL PIsKo, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have in- 5 vented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Wrapping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for wrapping cigars, and for the 10 purpose of illustration is shown as applied to a machine of the type described in the patent to Russell, No. 631,131, dated August 22, 1899.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of the upper Fig. 2 is a view of the same part turned on its side. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a part of the machine, showing the head-former thimble. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the thimble.

It has been found that in using machines of the roller type the upper roller will frequently jump, owing to inequalities in the cigar being wrapped. Also it is often desirable to vary the pressure when wrapping dif- I overcome this dofoot and obtain the end by the following construction.

On the pivoted arm A, which carries the upper roll B, I place an angle-lever O. The ver- 0 tical part of the lever is connected to the arm A in such a manner as to allow the whole lever to be swung in the direction of the length of the roll. As shown in the drawings, this connection is made by cutting a screw-thread on the vertical part of the lever, which enwise of the lever to vary the amount of pressure exerted on the work. As shown, the weight is made in two parts F and G, having central threaded orifices which engage threads on the longitudinal part of the lever.

By this construction the amount of pressure on the work can be varied by moving the parts F and G. When the desired pressure is obtained, one of these parts may be caused to act as a jam-nut to keep the weight in Enough play is allowed on the pivots of arm A so that pressure may be varied on different parts in the length by swinging the lever to one side or the other.

It will be obvious that the above-described A mechanism may be Widely varied in construction by any one skilled in mechanics without departing from my invention.

In the tip-formers now in use, and particularly with this type of machine, a considerable space necessarily exists between the ends of the rolls and the tip-former. The result is that in many cases the wrapper on that part of the cigar between the rolls and the tipformer becomes wrinkled and the cigar is squeezed and distorted, forminga ring around the cigar. To obviate this difficulty, I have constructed the tip-former H. (Shown in Figs. 3 and 4.) Generally this is of an ordinary type having the recess I, one side being cut away, as at K. In this cut-out portion the reciprocating part of the tip-former moves. (See patent to Russell above referred to.) My invention consists in forming the thimble or tipformer with a projection L, conforming on its inner surface with a recess in the thimble. The projection extends to the ends of the rolls and entirely prevents the wrinkling of the wrapper and distortion of the cigar. It acts as a means to hold the cigar in proper shape, counteracting the pressure on the cigar at that point.

In making high-grade cigars by hand the workman manipulates the lighting end of the cigar by pinching it between the tips of his fingers, at the same time moving the cigar to make the end of the cigar flexible and uniform as to hardness. I have devised a means whereby this effect is produced in the wrapping-machine. This means consists in nurling the disks at the end of one of the rolls, preferably the upper roll, as shown at M, Fig. 1. This answers the purpose perfectly and is of great importance in aiding the production of machine-made cigars which shall be equal to those made by hand.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cigar-rolling machine, the combination of rolls, means for operating the same, and means for applying variable pressure on the cigar while being rolled, substantially as described.

2. In a cigar-rolling machine, the combination of rolls, means for operating the same, and means for applying varying pressure at different points in the length of the cigar be- 5 ing rolled, substantially as described.

3. In a cigar-making machine, the combination of rolls, means for operating the same,

and means for manipulating the end of the cigar to make it flexible and uniform, sub- 10 stantially as described. 

